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Privacy Statement

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This statement details the steps we take to protect your personal information when you visit our website. It describes the personal information that we collect, the purposes for which we use such information, and your choices regarding our use of it. It informs you about the steps we take to protect your personal information and how you can review and correct your personal information. By accessing our websites, you are consenting to the information collection and use practices described in this privacy statement.

Our attitude to data protection
We take the protection of personal data very seriously and are committed to protecting the security of your personal information. We guarantee that our handling of personal data that is collected on our site is in accordance with German data protection (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz BDSG) and telecommunications data protection laws (Teledienstedatenschutzgesetz TDDSG). To protect personal data against unauthorized access and disclosure, abuse, damage, manipulation or deleting, the collection and transmission of personal data is secured by SSL-(secure sockets layer) technology.

What are personal data and how is it used?
Personal data that we may collect include, for example, name, street address, e-mail address, phone number, the contents of shopping cart, inquiries about orders and products, methods of payment.
We use your personal information to deliver services or to carry out transactions you have requested, such as providing information on our products, creating a customer account, processing product orders, answering customer service requests, facilitating use of our websites, and so forth.
When you register for the newsletter, your e-mail address will be used for advertising purposes with your approval until you unsubscribe the newsletter. To unsubscribe is possible at any time, the data will be deleted automatically.

Do we ever make your personal data available to third parties?
In principle we utilize your personal data only internally, within our own company. We contract with other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as hosting websites, processing transactions, and analyzing our websites. We provide these companies with only those elements of your personal information they need to deliver those services. These companies and their employees are prohibited from using that personal information for any other purpose.

Use of cookies
This website uses cookies on certain pages in order to make a visit to our website more attractive and enable you to use certain functions. Cookies are small text passages that are stored on your pc. Most of the cookies we use are deleted from your hard drive at the end of your browser session (session cookies); others remain on your pc and enable us to identify your pc when you visit us again (permanent cookies). With these cookies you are welcomed on our web-page with your user name and in subsequent orders you do not have to re-enter your password or again fill in forms with your data. Our partner companies are not permitted to use cookies to obtain, edit or use personal details from our website.

Google Analytics privacy policy
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en-GB.

No liability for links to websites of other online services
Please note that online services of other providers that are accessible through our websites and collect data in conjunction with newsletter subscriptions, sweepstakes, product offers etc. are individually responsible for adhering to the legal requirements pertaining to data protection and, as a rule, have their own data protection guidelines. We assume no responsibility or liability in these cases.

Your right to alter and delete stored personal data
You may recall your consent to the processing and use of your personal data and you may alter or delete your personal data anytime. Please sign into your customer account or contact us at the e-mail contact address given on the website.

Changes to this privacy statement
We might occasionally update this privacy statement at any time in accordance with the currently applicable data protection regulations.